Jules and Effin Older just heard from Travel San Francisco that their video, Lion Hunting in San Francisco, came in second place in the “:49 of My SF” video contest sponsored by San Francisco Travel (the former SFCVB). The winning video was 49 Hours in San Francisco by dpnguye2. “Many thanks...

Green Gulch Vista BATW member Laura Deutsch will lead workshops on “Writing as a Spiritual Practice” at Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, October 16, and on “Personal Essay and Memoir” at Book Passage, October 22. Located in Mill Valley, the Green Gulch Farm Zen Center event offers techniques to help...

April Orcutt interviewed Susan Alcorn about her voyage through the Patagonian fjords of Chile for April’s September article about the “World’s Most Beautiful Ferry Rides” on TravelandLeisure.com, the website for Travel+Leisure magazine. The story also ran on MSNBC.com.  Here’s the lead: “Susan...

As part of her new blog, DeepCultureTravel.com, Karen Misuraca welcomes news of people and places that foster sustainable travel and keep the fires of human culture burning. (Images on request only.) Contact Karen at kmworld@vom.com.

One of Joan Aragone’s recent columns in the San Mateo Times/San Jose Mercury News highlighted BATW member David Laws’ presentation on “How Silicon Valley Got That Way.” For more information, visit: service.govdelivery.com/docs/CAMENLO/CAMENLO_85/CAMENLO_85_20111001_en.pdf

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Susan Cohn‘s recent column for the San Mateo Daily Journal, “Pirates Drop Anchor in Oregon,” captures the essence of Ashland’s Shakespeare Festival. Visit http://www.scribd.com/doc/64460532/09-10-2001-edition  (page 22)    

Thanks to eagle-eye Dick Jordan, we learned that Edward Hasbrouck was mentioned by Chris Elliott in his “How to Be A Travel Blogger” story (http://ttftr.com/qeKnNz). Edward also had his own news to share: a recent mention in USA Today, in “Amazing Race Kicks Off Another Season of Travel Porn.” Hasbrouck’s...

Carolyn Koenig’s feature story, “Building Brand Equity,” a hotel brand update, appears in the October issue of Smart Meetings.  

September’s BATW meeting, an editors’ panel arranged by Board members Carolyn Koenig and Erin Caslavka, was staged at the handsome Hotel Monaco on Geary Street in San Francisco. It starred Avital Binshtock, lifestyle editor of Sierra Magazine; Christine Loomis, editor of Smart Meetings; and Harriot...

The Mandarin Oriental hotel in San Francisco, our August BATW host, provided a hotel tour as well as a delicious lunch. Dick Jordan cleverly covered the tour of this sumptuous property in “Found In My Own Backyard: A Room With A View To Die For,” on his blog, Tales Told From The Road. Check...